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OPN Talks with Robert M. Metcalfe
Our conversation with Robert M. Metcalfe, Ethernet inventor and OFC/NFOEC plenary speaker.
"You have to listen to customers not for what they say they want, but for what they’ll need by the time you finish building it.”
His resume reads like a who’s who of high-tech communications: MIT engineer, Harvard mathematician, Internet developer, Xerox scientist, Ethernet inventor, Stanford professor, 3Com founder, Cambridge fellow, InfoWorld pundit and now Polaris partner. With a career like this, there are any number of high points to emphasize. But what is Robert Metcalfe most proud of?
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